4G) 
27 ENGELMANN—CUSCUTA. [477 
* Lobes of calyx orbicular, imbricate. 
C. aranpirtora, Humb. Bonpl. Kunth! n. gen. 
1 &- 
by later writers he raceme of flowers on the ed of 
his otherwise very correct figure is imaginary, as a 
rescence is a loose few-flowered cyme. The flow a kate a 
late filaments are inserted a little below the roe no trace 
of scales visible ; styles and_ capsule scabrous or verrucose ; ; 
corolla: at base of capsule; ripe seeds only 0.8 lines in 
diameter, almost globose, very rough; hilum a mere d 
This species is peculiar to the Andes about the Equator ; 
New Granada, Humboldt! Purdie! Goudot! Peru, Haenke! 
Cl. Gay! Weddell! 4768; Bolivia, Weddell ! 4518; Chili, 
Edmonston! 
20. C. oporaTa, Ruiz & Pavon! Fl. Peruv. I. 69, t. 105, 
f. a:, not Coal ae ree: C. ne he ae Aube 
have no doubt about the identity of these plants.—Flowers 
3 lines long, es in diameter, on very short pedicels, 
forming dense lateral clusters laciniz rather longer than the 
shallow tube ; scales very large, deeply fringed ; corolla sur- 
rounding partly covering the irregularly circumscissile 
capsule ; seeds triangular-rounded, nearly one line long—In 
hi Flo ape _ capsule is ab 
eae mann! 852 3 Chili, Cl. Ga ay ! 38 & 815 gat 
Weddell’s specimen the tube is more cylindrical and longer 
and the lobes rather shorter, uniting this species with 
Var. 8, ? BoTRYorDES, from southern Brazil, Lobb! 49, in 
ense 
long pendulous bunaheis Peeing grapes; tube see cam- 
eae the a i ae are shorter 
odorata ; stylar oe of dleestinest Go i a) 5 ae 
